Originally Posted by Levonian

The Founding Fathers were not even aware of the existence of chimps. But there are an uncountable number of cultures in Africa which regard chimpanzees as equal to humans. There’s a tribe in Uganda which believes that when God created the Earth, he told men to work. The chimpanzees disobeyed God and ran off into the bush to play. As punishment for their disobedience, God made them ugly and took away their power of speech.